“ Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: ”
Kings of the earth, and all people - This would embrace all, as all are included in the idea of the rulers and the ruled. Princes, and all judges of the earth - Those of exalted rank; those h...
(g) Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: (g) For the greater gifts that any has received and the more high that one is preferred, the more bound is he to praise...
CXLVIII. An Invitation to Bless Yahweh. It is addressed, Psalms 148:1-6 to the heavens and all that therein is, Psalms 148:7-12 to the earth: Psalms 148:13 f. gives the reason for which above...
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11. Kings of the earth, etc. He now turns his address to men, with a respect to whom it was that he called for a declaration of God’s praises from creatures, both above and from beneath. As...
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Kings of the earth - As being representatives of the Most High; and all people - the nations governed by them. Princes, as go...
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Kings of the earth - the earthly representatives of God's all-ruling power. And all people. Even the humble, as w...
This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah.
All people. — And now the whole animate and inanimate universe having been summoned, man takes his place as leader of the choir; and here the poet’s language is couched so as to include all, all ra...
Psalms 148:1-14 THE mercy granted to Israel ( Psalms 148:14 ) is, in the psalmist's estimation, worthy to call forth strains of praise from all creatures. It is the same conception as is found in...
Creation's Song of Praise Psalms 148:1-14 The “Benedicite” in the Book of Common Prayer is based on this psalm. The sacred minstrel is not content that he or his people should have a monopoly o...
This is the psalm of the whole creation. It has two movements indicated by the words “From the havens” (v. Psa 148:1), and “From the Earth” (v. Psa 148:7). In the first the scale is a descending one....
In these verses, the sacred penman riseth to the higher order of beings upon the earth, the intelligent and rational parts of God's creation; and, in the several degrees of kings and peasants, young...
Kings of the earth, and all people ,.... The order of the creation is pretty much observed throughout the whole of this account; and as man was made last of all, so here he is called upon last to pr...
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Ver. 11. Kings of the earth ] These are doublybound to God (as Queen Elizabeth wrote to the French king); first, as they a...
Kings of the earth, and all people “After the whole creation hath been called upon to praise Jehovah, man, for whom the whole was made; man, the last and most perfect work of God; man, that hath be...
An Invitation to Praise. 7 Praise the L ORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and v...
Kings of the earth; who, though you are called gods , and adored like gods by your subjects, yet are but men, and the creatures and subjects of this sovereign Lord, to whom you owe both your being...
INTRODUCTION “In this splendid anthem the Psalmist calls upon the whole creation, in its two great divisions (according to the Hebrew conception) of heaven and earth, to praise Jehovah. Things with...
We will first read a short Psalm inciting all to praise the Lord, and then we will read part of the first chapter of Luke's Gospel, specially noticing Mary's song of praise. It is a blessed thing to...
This is another hallelujah psalm of Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, in which all nature is made the choir, and Jehovah the object of the song. Psalms 148:4 . Ye heavens of heavens. This is...
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens. The great, the greater, and the greatest: - I. The great. Sun, moon, stars, etc. 1. How boundless in variety. 2. How immeasurable in extent. II. Th...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been well called "the joy-song of creation." Israel, having received a signal manifestation of the Divine power ( Psalms 148:14 ), calls on all things in heaven and e...
Hallelujah by All Creatures to the God of Salvation. A song of praise, even more extensive in its scope than the preceding, all heavenly creatures being called upon to join with the beings on eart...
Isaiah 49:23 ; Isaiah 60:3 ; Proverbs 8:15 ; Proverbs 8:16 ; Psalms 102:15 ; Psalms 138:4 ; Psalms 138:5 ; Psalms 2:10-12 ; Psalms 22:27-29 ; Psalms 66:1-4 ; Psalms 68:31 ; Psalms 68:32 ;...